Shloka 102
कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः
Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma
गड्डां शतद्रं सीतां च यमुनामथ कौशिकीम् । चर्मण्वतीं वेत्रवर्ती चन्द्रभागां सरस्वतीम्
gaṅgāṁ śatadrūṁ sītāṁ ca yamunām atha kauśikīm | carmaṇvatīṁ vetravatīṁ candrabhāgāṁ sarasvatīm ||
ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ເມື່ອຂ້ອຍເດີນທ່ອງຢູ່ໃນທ້ອງຂອງເດັກນ້ອຍຜູ້ມີຈິດໃຫຍ່ນັ້ນ ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ເຫັນແມ່ນ້ຳອັນສັກສິດຫຼາຍສາຍ—ຄື ຄັງຄາ, ສະຕະດຣູ, ສີຕາ, ຢະມຸນາ, ກໍຊິກີ, ຈະຣະມະນວະຕີ, ເວຕຣະວະຕີ, ຈັນທຣະພາກາ, ແລະ ສະຣັສວະຕີ.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the sanctity of India’s rivers as tīrthas—sources of purification and dharmic merit—implying that remembrance or vision of sacred places can itself be spiritually elevating, even in unusual life situations.
The narrator (in Vaiśampāyana’s frame) describes a wondrous experience of moving about within the belly of a great child and, during that wandering, beholding a sequence of renowned rivers—an inner pilgrimage-like vision of sacred geography.